On Monday, the High Court in London granted WikiLeaks founder Julian Assange leave to appeal his extradition to the United States. The court’s decision is a welcome one. But as Freedom of the Press Foundation (FPF) wrote in The Guardian, it's "painfully ironic" that a U.K. court is defending the First Amendment against U.S. overreach. The ruling should be a “wake-up call” for President Joe Biden
Billionaires and politicians don't need to actually win their lawsuits to hurt already struggling media outlets
Recent legislation here is just as prone to abuse as the law Israel used to punish Al Jazeera and then the Associated Press
Israel must immediately return gear, and the U.S. must condemn its escalating attacks on freedom of the press
America was once recognized as a leader in press rights. Now other countries question its commitment to the First Amendment
Unconstitutional prior restraints are already on the rise. Now prosecutors are exploring novel new theories to censor journalists
Freedom of the Press Foundation comments on the implications for press freedom of today’s Assange ruling
California police are violating state law “right and left” during the protests and police raids on campus encampments. That’s according to University of California, Irvine, School of Law professor Susan Seager. We interviewed her in the wake of arrests of two California journalists in recent weeks, among other press freedom violations. Suppression of the press isn’t supposed to happen anywhere in America, but especially not in California, where it’s explicitly against the law for police to intentionally interfere with journalists covering a demonstration.
Lawmakers who say they’re concerned about authoritarianism need to stop handing future administrations a ‘dictator’s dream toolkit’
The flood of press freedom violations against journalists covering protests opposing the Israel-Gaza war is a national embarrassment. The U.S. Press Freedom Tracker has documented dozens of abuses connected to protests and counterprotests, and the numbers will likely grow. These recent incidents confirm what past data in the Tracker has demonstrated: protests are an especially dangerous place for journalists.
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